Bug #89469 for XML-Writer: Doctype declaration without a SYSTEM ID is not permitted

Mon Oct 14 06:04:47 2013 shemahmforash [...] gmail.com - Ticket created

Subject:	Small bug in XML::Writer
Date:	Mon, 14 Oct 2013 11:04:34 +0100
To:	bug-XML-Writer [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Carlos Rosão <shemahmforash [...] gmail.com>

Good morning. I'm using XML::Writer and I think I've detected a small bug in the method doctype of XML::Writer. When this method receives a publicId as parameter, it is mandatory that it receives also a systemId, although it doesn't allow one to pass an empty string as a systemId. I need to pass an empty string, because I'm creating a xml of the form: https://developers.google.com/search-appliance/documentation/614/feedsguide#webfeedexample I'm guessing the module should support this kind of situation. If the code of the module was in github (or other service like that) I would change the code and sent you a pull request. Best regards, Carlos Rosão

Mon Oct 14 10:51:18 2013 joe [...] kafsemo.org - Subject changed from 'Small bug in XML::Writer' to 'Doctype declaration without a SYSTEM ID is not permitted'

Mon Oct 14 10:56:48 2013 joe [...] kafsemo.org - Correspondence added

On Mon Oct 14 06:04:47 2013, shemahmforash@gmail.com wrote: Show quoted text

> > If the code of the module was in github (or other service like that) I > would change the code and sent you a pull request.

The code is at https://github.com/josephw/xml-writer-perl . As per http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-ExternalID, I believe an empty system ID would be syntactically valid and would refer to the document being parsed. Changes with tests are preferred.

Mon Oct 14 10:56:48 2013 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue Oct 15 09:04:46 2013 joe [...] kafsemo.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'